Some Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Women Receiving Social Assistance from Social Assistance and Solidarity Foundations, and Experiences and Views Related to Poverty Cover Image

Sosyal Yardımlaşma ve Dayanışma Vakıflarından Sosyal Yardım Alan Kadınların Bazı Sosyo-Demografik Özellikleri ile Yoksullukla Bağlantılı Deneyim ve Görüşleri
Some Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Women Receiving Social Assistance from Social Assistance and Solidarity Foundations, and Experiences and Views Related to Poverty

Author(s): İbrahim Karataş
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Welfare services, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: SD Yayınevi
Keywords: Social Assistance; Women Poverty; Social Work;

Summary/Abstract: With this research, it is aimed to reveal some socio-demographic characteristics, experiences and opinions related to poverty, and power situations of coping with poverty of poor women who receive social assistance from social assistance and solidarity foundations. The quantitative research method was used in the study, and the data were obtained by making face-to-face interviews with women who received social assistance from Ankara province Altındağ, Mamak and Keçiören Social Assistance and Solidarity Foundations and accepted to participate in the study. The poor women participating in the research are young adult women with a low level of education, married, have at least one child, are unemployed and earn their living on social assistance. They define poverty as not being able to meet their needs and state the reason for poverty as unemployment. Participants see social assistance as a strategy to cope with poverty and think that the aid given is not enough to provide for their livelihood. They think that women are affected more by poverty than men, and they define their strengths mostly as being a good mother and wife.

  • Issue Year: 7/2021
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 259-282
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Turkish